Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wedu Reneilwe Batlokwa [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 December 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Botswana | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Maldon & Tiptree | ||
Youth career | |||
Thurrock | |||
2012–2017 | Southend United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Southend United | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Lowestoft Town (loan) | 7 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Brentwood Town | 9 | (1) |
2020 | Canvey Island | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Concord Rangers | 0 | (0) |
2023–2024 | Loughgall | 0 | (0) |
2024 | Athlone Town | 0 | (0) |
2024–2025 | Maldon & Tiptree | 17 | (0) |
2025– | Bowers & Pitsea | 5 | (1) |
International career | |||
2019 | Botswana | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:33, 30 April 2025 (UTC) |
Wedu Reneilwe Batlokwa (born 1 December 1997) is a Botswana professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bowers & Pitsea.
Batlokwa attended Gable Hall School. [2] As of October 2018 he was fluent in three languages and learning a fourth. [2]
Batlokwa began his career with Thurrock, joining Southend United at the age of 14. [2] He moved on loan to Lowestoft Town in April 2018. [3] [4] He played with the Southend first team during the 2018–19 pre-season, [5] making his competitive debut on 4 September 2018. [6] [7]
He was released by Southend at the end of the 2018–19 season. [8] Batlokwa then joined Brentwood Town at the end of November 2019. [9] He played for the club until March 2020, where he joined Canvey Island. [10] He was released in the summer 2020. [11]
During the 2022–23 season, Batlokwa had a brief spell with Concord Rangers, however did not play for the club. [12] In January 2023, following his time at Concord Rangers, Batlokwa spent time on trial at Slovak club Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. [13]
On 1 September 2023, Batlokwa signed for newly promoted NIFL Premiership side Loughgall. [14] Ahead of the 2024 League of Ireland First Division season, after making two Northern Ireland Football League Cup appearances for Loughgall, Batlokwa signed for Athlone Town. [15]
Ahead of the 2024–25 season, Batlokwa returned to England, signing for Isthmian League North Division side Maldon & Tiptree. [16] In April 2025, Batlokwa signed for Bowers & Pitsea. [17]
He made his debut for the Botswana national football team on 14 October 2019 in a friendly against Egypt. [18]